The window of the silkworm house where Komako lived last year was also obscured.

The leaf lowered his head a little angrily and went back through the entrance of the rice ear.

"Is she the only one living in this house?" Ah Hua asked, looking at Ye Zi's back bowed forward slightly.

"Not necessarily. The foal said recklessly, "Ah, no, I'm not going to comb my hair." It's you who talk too much and disturb people to go to the grave. ”

"It's because you're stubborn and don't want to see people at the grave. ”

"You don't know how I feel. I'll wash my hair again when I'm free. Maybe it will be later, but you must go. ”

It was three o'clock in the evening.

There was a sound of slamming open the sliding door, which woke Ah Hua up, and the foal suddenly fell on top of him, his chest rose and fell violently, and he gasped sharply and said:

"I said I was coming, didn't I come. I said I was coming. ”

"Look at you, drunk. ”

"Well, I said I was coming. ”

"Oh, it's coming. ”

"The road here is so dark that you can't see your fingers. Hmm, I'm so sad!"

"It's a shame you were able to climb that steep slope. ”

"Whatever, how can you manage so much!" The foal "um", suddenly leaned back and rolled, Ah Hua was pressed uncomfortably, and wanted to get up, but because he was suddenly awakened, he shook twice, and fell down again, and his head rested on the hot thing, he couldn't help but be taken aback.

"It's like a fire, fool!"

"Yes, it's a fire pillow, it's going to burn you!"

"Really. Ah Hua closed his eyes, and a burst of heat poured into his head, and he directly felt his presence. As the foal's intense breathing, the so-called reality came to him. It seemed like a kind of attachment remorse, and it was also like a heart that was just waiting for revenge.

"I said I was coming. The foal repeated the phrase vigorously.

"Now that I've been here, I'm going back. I'm going to wash my hair. ”

After a while, she got up and started to drink water.

"How can I go back like this? ”

"I'm going back. I have company. Where's the bathing equipment?"

Ah Hua stood up and turned on the lights. The foal covered his face with his hands and lay down on the mat.

"Nasty!" She wears a kimono with narrow sleeves and gold and silver filigree patterns that were popular during the Genroku period (1688-1703). ] of the ornate jacket, draped in a black-collared pajamas, tied with a narrow belt. As a result, he could not see the collar of his shirt, and he was so drunk that even the bare feet were red, and he shrank as if he were going to hide. This look is particularly cute.

She seemed to have thrown away all the bathing utensils, and soap and combs were scattered all over the floor.

"Cut it for me, I've brought the scissors with me. ”

"Cut what?"

"Well!" said the foal, putting his hand behind his bun, "I wanted to cut off the headband at home, but my hand was disobedient, so I stopped here and asked you to cut it." ”

Ah Hua parted her hair and cut off the headband. With each cut, the colt brushes off the wig, and his mood gradually calms down.

"What time is it?"

"It's already three o'clock. ”

"Ouch, it's so late, don't even cut off your real hair!"

"That's a lot. ”

He grabbed a large handful of hair, and the hair emitted a hot breath.

"Is it already three o'clock? I came back from the banquet and fell asleep as soon as I lay down. I made an appointment with my friends, and that's why they came to invite me. They must have thought I had gone somewhere. ”

"Are they waiting for you?"

"The three of us went into the public bath. There were originally six banquets, but only four were transferred. Next week is the autumn foliage season, and it's busy enough. Thank you. As she combed her loose hair, the foal lifted her face and pursed her lips sweetly and laughed, "Whatever." Hee-hee-hee, how ridiculous. ”

With that, she helplessly picked up a bunch of wigs.

"I've kept my friend waiting, it's time for me to go. When I come back, I won't be with you again. ”

"Can you see the way?"

"You can see it. ”

However, she stepped on the hem of her dress and shook it a few times.

Ah Hua remembered that she took the time to come twice a day, at unusual times such as seven in the morning and three in the middle of the night, and it was extraordinary.

The guys are decorating the door of the inn with maple branches, just like the New Year's decoration pine branches.

This is a sign of welcoming visitors to the foliage viewing process.

The temporary hired guy pointed in an arrogant tone and said self-deprecatingly: he is running around to make a living. There is a group of people who work in the mountain hot springs near the area from the time when the autumn leaves are green to the time when the leaves are red, and in the winter, they make a living at the Izu hot spring baths such as Atami and Nagaoka. He is one of those people. It is not necessary to work at the same inn every year. He flaunts his experience in the bustling hot spring baths of Izu, and secretly nags about the shortcomings of the work of receiving guests in this area. The way he rubbed his hands together and begged to pull customers to death showed a dishonest attitude. "Sir, you've seen Tongcao fruit, if you want to eat it, I'll bring it to you. He said this to Ah Hua, who had returned from his walk, and then tied the Tongcao fruit and vines to the maple branches covered with red leaves. The maple branches were probably picked from the mountains, and they were as high as the eaves, and the bright colors immediately brightened the gate, and the red leaves were amazingly large.

Ah Hua took the cold Tongcao fruit and looked at it, and inadvertently looked towards the tent, only to see Ye Zi sitting by the stove.

The inner shopkeeper is guarding the copper kettle to warm wine. Ye Zi sat opposite her, and every time she was asked something, she nodded happily. She wore neither snow pants nor a short kimono, but a silk kimono that looked like freshly washed silk.

"You're here to help?"

Ah Hua asked the guy casually.

"yes, there's not enough manpower, thanks to her helping. ”

"Is it the same as you?"

"Hmm. She's a country girl, and she's different. ”

Ye Zi always helped in the kitchen and never went to a banquet to accompany guests. There were many guests, and the voice of the maid in the kitchen was louder, but the beautiful voice of the leaves was not heard. The maid in charge of Ah Hua's room said that Ye Zi had a quirk of bathing before bed and singing in the bath, but he had never heard of it.

However, as soon as he remembered that Ye Zi was in this inn, for some reason, Ah Hua was a little restrained about finding the foal. Although Komako loves him, he himself has a sense of emptiness and always sees her love as a beautiful futility. Even then, Komako's desire to survive touched his body like *'s skin. He pitied the foal, and he pitied himself. He seemed to feel that the discerning eyes of the leaves radiated a light that seemed to see through the situation. He was also attracted to this woman.

Even if Ah Hua didn't summon the foal, needless to say, the foal often came to him. He went to the end of the stream to see the autumn leaves, and once walked in front of the door of the foal's house, when she heard the sound of the car, and decided that it was Ah Hua again, so she ran outside to see. Ah Hua didn't even look back. She said that he was a lover. As long as she was summoned to the inn, she didn't go to Ah Hua's room. When I went to the bathroom, I also stopped by. If there is a banquet, he will come an hour in advance, and play with him until the maid comes and calls her. She also used to sneak out of banquets and have her face trimmed in front of the vanity mirror.

"I'm going to work, trying to make some money. Oh, make money, make money!" she got up and left.

For some reason, when she went back, she always liked to leave the plectrums and short kimonos she brought with her in his room.

"Came back last night and didn't boil hot water. After touching the kitchen for a long time, I made a bowl of rice with the yellow sauce soup left over from breakfast, and ate it with salted plums. Chilly. No one came to call me this morning, and when I woke up, it was half past ten. I wanted to get up at seven o'clock, but I couldn't. ”

She told him all these trivial things, as well as the inns he had turned, and the situation at the banquet.

"I'll come back. She drank her water as she stood up and said, "Maybe not." The three of them had to accompany thirty people, and they were so busy that they couldn't slip out. However, not long after, she came again.

"That's a choke! Thirty guests, only three of them accompanied. They're old and young, and I'm choking. Those guests are too stingy, it must be some kind of travel group. Thirty people, at least six people to accompany them. I'll go now, have a few drinks to scare them. ”

What does it look like every day? Even the foals themselves can't help but feel that they can't help but hide themselves. But her almost lonely appearance made her more and more coquettish.

"How embarrassed it is to hear a voice in the corridor! Even if you go quietly, people will know. When I went to the kitchen, they made fun of me and said, 'Ah Ju, are you going to the camellia again?' ”

"It's a small place, so it's not easy to manage, right?"

"Everybody already knows. ”

"That's bad. ”

"yes. In such a small place, a little bad reputation is over. The foal immediately looked up and smiled, "Well, it's okay, we can do whatever we want." ”

This tone full of sincerity surprised Ah Hua, who was sitting on the ancestral property.

"Seriously, it's not the same where you do it. Why not think about it. Ah Hua heard her heart in her indifferent tone.

"That's it. Because only a woman can love someone with all her heart. The foal's face flushed slightly, and she hung her head.

The rear airspace is open, and a white fan seems to open from the back to the shoulders. Her skin was so plump that it made people feel a kind of unwarranted sadness. It looks like cotton wool, and it looks like some kind of animal.

"Now the way of the world. Ah Hua muttered, but he felt that this was clearly false, and he couldn't help but feel a little chilled.

However, the foal innocently said, "It's always the same all the time!" After a while, she raised her face and added blankly, "Don't you know?"

Her close-fitting red underwear was out of sight.

Ahua was translating the works of Valery [Paul Valery (1871-1945), French Symbolist poet and critic] and Ajan [Ajan (1868-1951), French philosopher and critic], as well as the dance theories of French literati during the prevalence of Russian dance, and planned to print a few hardcover copies for self-republication. These books are probably of little use to the Japanese dance scene today. It is not impossible to say this, on the contrary, it reassures him. Laughing at yourself through your own work is probably also a kind of coquettish fun. Perhaps this will lead to his sad dream world, so there is no need to rush out and travel.

He carefully observed the suffocation of the insects.

As autumn cools, insects die every day on the mat in his house. Hard-winged insects can't fly again as soon as they turn over. Bees can also climb and stumble, and then fall down before they can't get up. Died of natural causes due to the change of seasons, and at first glance it looks like a quiet death. But when I looked closer, I saw that they twitched their legs, feet and touch, and struggled desperately in pain. These eight mats are too vast as the place where they died.

When Ah Hua picked up the dead bodies with two fingers and was ready to throw them away, he occasionally thought of the children who had been left at home.

Some of the moths, which look like they're sticking to the screens, are actually dead. Some of them scattered like dead leaves, and some of them hit the walls and fell. Ah Hua took them in his hands and thought: Why do they grow so beautiful!

The insect screen has been removed, and the sound of insects has become noticeably sparse.

The mountains on the county border have a thicker red rust color, and under the sunset and evening light, they are a bit like cold ore, emitting a dark red luster. This is the time when the inn has the most guests to enjoy the maple blossoms.

"Probably the locals are going to have a banquet and can't come tonight. That night, Komako came to Ah Hua's room and told him that he was gone again. Soon the hall was filled with drums, and from time to time the screams of women were raised. In the midst of the hustle and bustle, Qingyue's voice was unexpectedly heard from a close distance.

"Excuse me, is there anyone inside?" called Leaf. "This, Sister Ju asked me to send it. ”

Ye Zi stood there, stretched out his hand like a postman, and then hurriedly knelt down and sat down. When Ah Hua opened the folded note, the leaves were gone. Ah Hua didn't even say a word.

On the white paper, only the following words were written crookedly: "Tonight is very happy, I have a drink." ”

However, within ten minutes, the foal came in with a shuffled foot.

"Did that kid send anything just now?"

"It's delivered. ”

"Really?" she said, squinting happily in one eye, "well, it's a pleasure. I said go and call for a drink, and I sneaked out. was found by the shopkeeper and scolded. The wine is so good, even if I get scolded, I don't care. Ah, it's annoying, I got drunk as soon as I came here. I still have to go. ”

"You even have a beautiful color on your fingertips. ”

"Well, business. What did the girl say? An amazing fire of jealousy burns, you know?"

"Who?"

"Burn people. ”

"Is that girl helping too?"

She stood in the corner of the hallway with a flask in her hand, staring straight into her sparkling eyes, you like those eyes, don't you?"

"She must have thought that this face was obscene, so she stared at it like this. ”

So I wrote a note for her to deliver. I want to drink water, please give me some water. If a woman has never fallen in love, she doesn't know who is indecent. Am I drunk?"

The foal staggered, grabbed the edge of the dresser, looked in the mirror, straightened up, stroked the hem of his dress, and walked out.

After a while, the noise suddenly fell silent. Probably the feast is over. Occasionally, I heard the sound of cups and plates colliding in the distance. Ah Hua thought to himself: "Koma may have been taken to another inn by the guests for a second banquet?"

The note read: "The mountain wind hall is gone, now go to the plum blossom hall, and come to see you when I go home." Good night. ”

Ah Hua smiled bitterly as if he was a little embarrassed and said:

"Thanks, you're here to help?"

"Hmm. Ye Zi glanced at Ah Hua with her sharp and beautiful eyes the moment she nodded. Ah Hua felt embarrassed.

He had met this girl several times before, and each time he always made a touching impression, but he felt very uncomfortable when she sat in front of him so idlely. She looked overly serious, as if she was always in an unusual state of affairs.

"You seem busy, don't you?"

"Hmm. But I won't do anything. ”

"I've seen you several times. The first time was on the train back, you took care of a sick person and asked the stationmaster about your brother, do you remember?"

"Hmm. ”

"I heard you sing in the bath before you go to bed, right?"

"Yo, that's rude, really!" the voice was surprisingly beautiful.

"I feel like I know everything about you. ”

"Yes, did you listen to Sister Ju?"

She didn't say anything. It doesn't even seem to be willing to talk about you. ”

"Yes. Ye Zi quietly turned his face away, "Sister Ju is a good person, but she is quite pitiful, please treat her well." ”

She spoke quickly, with a slight trilling at the end.

"But I can't do anything for her. ”

It looks like the leaves are about to tremble. Ah Hua looked away from her wary face and said with a smile:

"Maybe I'd better go back to Tokyo sooner. ”

"I'm going to Tokyo too. ”

"When?"

"Anytime. ”

"So, will I take you there when I go back?"

"Okay, please take me there. ”

She was casual, but her tone was serious. Ah Hua was surprised.

"As long as your family agrees. ”

"I only have one brother who works on the railroad, so I can decide for myself. ”

"Is there any place in Tokyo where I can take refuge?"

"Nope. ”

"Have you consulted with her?"

"You mean Sister Ju, she's so hateful, I won't tell her. After Ye Zi said this, maybe his spirit was relaxed, and his eyes were a little moist. She looked up at Ah Hua. Ah Hua felt a strange attraction, but somehow, in this way, it ignited a fiery love for the foal. He felt that the elopement back to Tokyo with a girl with an unknown background might be a deep apology to Komako, and a punishment for himself.

"Aren't you afraid to go with a man?"

"Why be afraid?"

"Anyway, you have to think about where you want to stay in Tokyo and what you plan to do, or isn't it too dangerous?"

"A woman will always have a way. Ye Zi stared at Ah Hua, raised his tail note very beautifully, and said, "Can't you hire me as a maid?"

"What? as a maid?"

"I don't want to be a maid. ”

"What were you doing in Tokyo last time?"

"Be a nurse. ”

"In the hospital or at school?"

"No, it's just an intention. ”——